White House bans CNN reporter from press conference

[Benton]

Obama was known to be not that great in terms of freedom of information. His administration countered a very large number of open record requests (admittedly, I think a large chunk of those were dumb stuff concerning birth certificates and the like). I also heard they would scrub guest logs, allegedly so alt-right media wouldn't hound friends and family.

But I don't recall him banning specific reporters or agencies. Even with as stupid as Fox was with things like "Is Obamao a Muslim terrorist sent here by Satan to murder your mom? I don't know, I'm just asking the question. Is the first lady even a lady? I don't know, this is just what people ask."